The other side of the stars
By: Clemency Burton-Hill
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780755346899; 9780755346905
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses; Fiction; Mothers and daughters; Children of celebrities; Mothers; Death; Film remakes
Description: An unforgettable story of a young woman striving to find herself amidst the glitz and glamour of the film world. Actress Lara Latner is enjoying a golden summer - her new play is the toast of London's West End, and she and her boyfriend Alex are setting up their first home together. But when her agent calls with an extraordinary opportunity - her potential break into Hollywood - she is plunged into turmoil. For the part, the lead in an American remake of a classic French film, is the role that made her mother, tragic actress Eve Lacloche, a legend. Lara does not know what to do. How can she bear to leave Alex, and their precious home for the months of the shoot? How can she ever hope to measure up to Eve's luminous performance? But perhaps it is only by stepping into her mother's shadow that Lara can hope to truly understand her, and to lay the past to rest.